The following table shows the amount of pension credit applications for each month from January 2006 to September 2008:
Pension credit claims received 2006 2007 2008 January 33,454 27,914 25,619 February 36,930 23,525 23,460 March 38,246 26,932 20,791 April 27,810 26,209 24,265 May 30,725 26,710 21,946 June 32,625 23,893 23,251 July 28,606 24,490 27,903 August 31,332 24,594 22,869 September 28,525 24,107 25,226 October 28,072 24,121 — November 30,368 24,319 — December 21,402 17,123 — 12-month total 368,095 293,937 215,330 Source: Management Information System Programme (MISP).